A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has lashed out at the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, for saying Christians were killed and kidnapped by terrorists and affected by the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
Fani-Kayode shared a video on Tuesday where Obi was seen speaking at the CoN Standing Committee meeting in Abuja.
Obi, in the video, said: “Those being kidnapped or killed are your people. So you cannot stand and wait until it collapses. Those children who are supposed to be in university are not in school for seven months are children of a church and nobody cares about this…”
Reacting via a statement issued on Tuesday, Fani-Kayode, who was recently appointed as Media Director of the Presidential Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said not only Christians were being affected by the various challenges bewildering the country.
The former minister said Obi is “not only a deceitful liar” but “a danger to the peace and unity of Nigeria”.
He said the LP presidential candidate started speaking for Christians after he declared his presidential ambition, adding that Obi persecuted both non-Catholic Christians and Muslims when he was the governor of Anambra State.
Fani-Kayode said: “If you want to lead this country you must speak for all and protect all and not just members of your own faith.
“Please stop using religion to achieve your objectives and do not push our country into a religious war because we have no other.
“You are not only a deceitful liar but you are a danger to the peace and unity of Nigeria.
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“Some of us spoke up for Christians when we were being treated unfairly and when we were being persecuted and we paid a heavy price for it willingly.
“And if needs be we would do it all over again without restraint or hesitation.
“You only started speaking up for Christians after you declared your interest in running for the Presidency.
“Up until then you despised and showed contempt for every Christian in this country except for those that shared your Catholic faith.
“As Governor of Anambra you persecuted both non-Catholic Christians and Muslims,” he stated.
The former minister added: “This newfound attempt to be champion of our holy faith cannot and will not work and it is deeply insulting. Worse still you are the least qualified.
“You do not have the heart or courage of David and the Church cannot be used as a vehicle to achieve political power.
“It is much too important and much too pure and holy for that. The mother Church is our strength and shield and our clerics are the servants of the Living God.
“We love and respect every single one of them. Stop attempting to use them for your dirty, abusive, and divisive brand of politics,” Fani-Kayode said.
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